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Foo Fighters get epic (and obvious) at the Forum
From a consumerist standpoint, there’s no conceivable reason to grumble about Foo Fighters’ epic, nearly three-hour performance Thursday night at the Forum, their first of two sold-out shows this week...
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Grammy nominations set stage for Adele sweep, Kanye leads overall but snubbed...
You almost had me for a moment there, Grammys. I was about to finally admit that your blue-ribbon panel of voters really can get everything right. To some degree, the committee that determines...
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Incubus cancels Acoustic Christmas appearance
It doesn’t happen very often that a band has to bow out of a scheduled set at KROQ‘s much-anticipated Almost Acoustic Christmas shows. Spots on those bills are so coveted, even long-established acts...
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Live review: Social Distortion, Bush, 311 stand out at heavier half of Almost...
While sitting among the bustling crowd Saturday at the first sold-out night of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas at Gibson Amphitheatre, it became clear that this audience was definitely out to have a...
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Grammy predictions: Adele will have it all
There are almost always better reasons to tune into the Grammy Awards than simply finding out who will win and who won’t. Ever since the annual ceremony moved out of smaller places like the Shrine and...
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Grammys 2012: Adele scores, Skrillex wins three, Tony Bennett picks up 16th,...
Pre-telecast awards at the 54th annual Grammy Awards have been handed out in a flurry inside Nokia Theatre, across the street from where the Big Show will start at 5 p.m. at Staples Center. Now that...
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Grammys 2012: Foo Fighters win four, Kanye West sweeps in rap, Taylor Swift...
“We’re four for four,” Dave Grohl told Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet walking into the main Grammy Awards ceremony at Staples Center Sunday evening. “All we gotta do now is play.” I wonder if anyone...
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Grammys 2012: a night of triumphs and sorrow; Adele wins six, Foo Fighters...
The pall of Whitney Houston’s untimely death hung over the proceedings Sunday evening at Staples Center, and it was addressed more than once. Host LL Cool J led the star-studded assemblage in a prayer...
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Grammys 2012: Jennifer Hudson, Glen Campbell and more performance highs (and...
Overall it wasn’t even close to the almost uniformly excellent 2011 telecast – but its three standout moments were more memorable than just about anything I can recall from the past decade of Grammy...
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Outside Lands 2012: Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Beck kick off what may be the...
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters rock out Friday at Outside Lands. Photo: David Hall, for the Register There were numerous apparent reasons Friday – the first day of the 5thannual Outside Lands Music and...
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Sound City Players coming to the Palladium
Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins live in San Francisco in September. Photo: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Little more than a month ago we finally got a glimpse of Dave Grohl’s Sound City, his documentary...
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Live review: Dave Grohl stages lengthy ‘Last Waltz’ for Sound City at the...
Dave Grohl backs up Stevie Nicks in Hollywood. Photo: Armando Brown, for the Register. Click for more. Even in a region as accustomed to star-studded events as Southern California, it has been an...
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